Railway.



No. 846,209. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20,1906.

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WITNESSES MW #ZM INVENTOR .Jac/wza/z ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAILWAY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN EDWARD J AOKMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Coney Island, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Railway, of

- -which the following is afull, clear, and exact I and parts and combinations of the same,

- the continuous track.

which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The continuous track of the railway has a station portion A, leading at one end to the lower end of the upwardly-inclined uptrack B and connecting at its other end with the terminal of the homestretch C, and between the top of the uptrack B and the beginningpoint of the homestretch C extends the intermediate loop-scction D. The station portion Ais approximatelylevel andis preferably built on the ground and is arrangedto afford a desirable location for the station E to-facilitate the embarkation and disembarkation of the passengers in the cars F traveling over The uptrack B, the homestretch C, and the intermediate or loop section D are shown supported on a suitable framework B; but this part of the device is not material, as the continuous track may be located in a building built for the purpose. The uptrack B is provided with an endless propelling-chain H, having spaced cross-bars for engaging projections or arms depending from the bottom of the car or vehicle F traveling over the continuous track, and the said endless chain H is driven by a suitable mech- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 20, 1906. Serial No. 322,540.

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anism from a power-house I, preferably arranged within the track, as indicated in the drawings. The intermediate or loop section D consists of a plurality of convolutions, the side arms D and D of which are disposed in different vertical planes on the side of the structure on which the homestretch C is located. The side arms D and D of the convolutions are provided with dips D D which are wholly independent of each other on account ofhaving the side arms D D disposed in diiferentvertical planes, as before mentioned and shown in Fig. '1. Thus the dips D and D may be of any desired depth, as the dip of one side arm does not interfere or come in contact with the adjacent side arm and its dip. It will also be noticed by reference to Fig. 1 that the side arms D D are located in vertical planes inside of the homestretch C, so that the latter can uninterruptedly pass back to the station portion A to complete the continuous track. By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the dip D extends to a depth lower than the lowest portion of the following side arm D and the dip D of the side arm D extends below the middle portion of the homestretch Cthat From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described a very long ride is provided which will prove highly exciting and interesting to the passengers in the cars F, traveling over the track It is understood that passengers desiring to enjoy a ride over the railway embark at the entrance side of the station portion A, and the car F thus filled with passengers is pushed by an attendant to the bottom of the uptrack B, so that the endless chain H now engages the car F and pulls the same up the uptrack B, and finally the said chain H disengages the car when reaching the uppermost point of the uptrack and the starting-point of the descent at the beginning of the intermediate or loop section D. The car now runs by its own gravity over the intermediate or loop section D to the homestretch C and down the same back to the station portion A at the exit side thereof so that the passengers can disembark from the car, and as soon as the 'latter is empty it is pushed to the other side of the station and the above operation is repeated.

By the arrangement described the cars continually travel over the endless continuous track and very little time is lost in the embarkation and disembarkation of the passenconsisting of an uptrack, a homestretch leadgers. Hence many cars can be run simuling back to the bottom of the uptrack, and a taneously'on the track, spaced suitable dis- 1 loop-section connecting'the upper end of the tances apart, and'hence a large revenue can said uptrack with the beginning of the said be derived from the running of the railway in homestretch, the said loop-section having a acomparatively short time. I plurality of convolutions, of which the side Having thus described my invention, I 1 arms on one side of the loop-section are disclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters posed in difl'erent vertical planes and inward Patent from the said homestretch, the said side arms 1. A railway having a continuous track having dips, oil which the dips. of one side consisting of an uptraok, a homestretch arm may have any desired depth relative to leading back to the bottom of the uptrack, the depth of the dips of an adjacent side arm and a loop-section connecting the upper end i and the said homestretch. of the said uptrack With the beginning of the l In testimony whereof I have signed my said homestretch, the said loop-section havname to this specification in the presence of ing a plurality of convolutions, of which the I two subscribing witnesses. side arms on one side of the loop-section are 1 STEPHEN EDWARD J AOKMAN. disposed in dil'lerent vertical planes and in- Ward' from the said homestretch.

Witnesses: i 2. A railway having a contlnuous track I RUBY M. JACKMAN, ANNA WEsToN. 

